Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
At present, I am and Early Career Scientist and an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). I have a clinical background in Occupational Therapy and continue to maintain licensure. I attained my PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in 2019 prior to completing a postdoctoral fellowship at University Laval and the Cirris Research Center where I maintained funding as a Mitacs Accélération Fellowship Awardee and AGE-WELL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Award in Technology and Aging recipient. My research work continues to be largely focused on non-pharmacological intervention development and evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and caregiver populations.
Since arriving at Pitt in September 2021, I have attained 10 grants (5 PI), 2 awards, and 1 provisional patent (full patent under review). My formal research contributions include 34 peer reviewed publications, and 40 international presentations and 5 national presentations. In addition to my work in scholarship, I continue to maintain multiple service and leadership positions to include, 1) membership in the ACRM Neurodegenerative Diseases Networking Group (NDNG) since 2017 2) chair of the NDNG Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force (2017- present), 3) chair of the Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Networking Group (2024 - present),and 3) NDNG Liaison to the Career Development Networking Group (CDNG)(2021 - present). I also continue to serve on the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America Board of Directors and as Student Scientific Paper Competition Chair.
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